Java Class getAnnotatedSuperclass() Method

The getAnnotatedSuperclass() method of java Class class returns an AnnotatedType object that shows the use of a type to specify the superclass of the entity represented by this(calling class object) Class object.

Syntax

Parameter

No parameter is passed.

Returns

An object representing the superclass

Throws

Does not throw an exception.

Example 1

 //import statements 
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class ClassgetAnnotatedsuperclassExample1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AnnotatedType ann = MyThread1.class.getAnnotatedSuperclass();
        System.out.println("Type Name : " + ann.getType().getTypeName());
        System.out.println("Annotations  : " +
                Arrays.toString(ann.getAnnotations()));  //get the annotaions
        System.out.println("Declared  Annotations: " +
                Arrays.toString(ann.getDeclaredAnnotations()));  //get the declared annotations
        System.out.println("AnnotatedType class: " + ann.getClass().getName());  //get name of the class
        System.out.println("AnnotatedType class implementing interfaces: " +
                Arrays.toString(ann.getClass().getInterfaces()));

    }

    private static class MyThread1 extends Thread {
        MyThread1(){
            System.out.println("MyThread1 Constructor 1 calling......");
        }
    }
}

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Output:

Type Name : java.lang.Thread
Annotations  : []
Declared  Annotations: []
AnnotatedType class: sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotatedTypeFactory$AnnotatedTypeBaseImpl
AnnotatedType class implementing interfaces: [interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType]

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